title: Mechanical impairment of the aortic media caused by vasa vasorum dysfunction: a potential key element in the pathogenesis of aortic dissection in hypertensive patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Athens, School of Medicine, Attikon University Hospital, Chaidari, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Dimitrios C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Angouras
authors.forename: Dimitrios P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Sokolis
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000473:pathology*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017539:Tunica Intima / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Aortic dissection; Biomechanics; Elasticity; Hypertension; Vasa vasorum